Fedora :: YUM Install Vs Compile ... Which Is Better?
Jun 29, 2010
I have been playing around with linux for a bit ... but i am getting to the point where i would like to know what is actually happening to the system .
Scenario ... I would like to install Mozilla Thunderbird On mozilla thunderbird website, current version is 3.1
However, when i run 'yum search thunderbird' i get a version 3.0.5.xxx
Why is repository not up to date?
So is it better to install through YUM or should i download the source and compile it?
If i compile it, will the YUM keep track of it if an update is made?
If compiled, how can i get it so it appears in the menu system (alacarte?)
Is it possible to extract and install source files through YUM (so it can keep track of the package)?
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Jan 17, 2010
I have Atheros AR8132 Ethernet 10/100 and downloaded the drivers but need to re-compile the src in order to install it. after doing step (make install) it says:-
Makefile:61: *** Linux Kernel source not found. Stop. What does this mean?
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Apr 13, 2009
I am very much a Newbie to Linux/Fedora. Just installed Fedora 10, but having some problems with hardware driver recognition, particularly a wireless network PCI card. ndiswrapper is looking for a kernel in usr/src/kernels, which doesn't exist.In Fedora, is it necessary to compile a kernel? Looking through the FAQ at kernelnewbies, states to extract the kernel to a Linux directory, in usr/src, which also doesn't exist.
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Feb 5, 2009
I cant find a Kismet install in the .rpm format and I don't know how to compile it from a .tar.gz
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Feb 25, 2009
I have installed vmware but it is asking for GCC 4.3.2
GNC C Compiler (gcc) Version 4.3.2
how do I download, compile and install it?
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Dec 26, 2010
i'm learning some new stuff how to pack RPM so i need to know how to compile starting i install a fresh RHEL5 and want to install bind9 the latest from isc.org
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Feb 21, 2011
I'm using a webhosting server running CentOS, and I'm trying to install GCC to compile Java on the server. Since I'm new to Linux and don't have root privileges, I'm having trouble installing this. I need to install this using command-line. I don't know if I should compile from source (which I downloaded off the "gcc.gnu.org" website) or if I need to install a binary or something. Can I even install anything without root privileges?
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Nov 24, 2009
Ive been using linux for a few months now and every now and again i come accross a program that doesnt have a rpm package but says that it can be installed on Fedora using source. I'm familiar with build essentials and the following commands:-
tar xzvf package.tar.gz
cd package
./configure
make
make install
but from what i have read fedora uses a differnet compiler. I'm trying to install Buddi budget manager and the ./configure command doesnt work, which im guessing is because it doesnt have a configure file? Can anyone confirm how to compile from source and whether there are any tutorials specific to fedora.
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May 24, 2010
I'm runing FC11 and have compiled the vanilla kernel 2.6.33.4 to support Dazuko. It has broken my NFSD server in the process, and I can't figure out why. I get these errors on boot. FATAL: Module nfsd not found. FATAL: Error running install command for nfsd
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Jan 25, 2011
I'm running 11.2 with standard repositories (plus packman). I want to install a recent kernel and then compile some variations of it (to investigate a hardware problem).
So I took these steps:
(1) add the 11.2 Kernel:/HEAD repository
(2) enable multiversion in zypp.conf
(3) use YaST software management to select the kernel development pattern
Note that at the moment, the standard 11.2 kernel ( 2.6.31.14-0.6-desktop) is in use and I have not selected any packages from HEAD. But it has installed 2.6.37-41.1 versions of all the kernel packages I didn't already have (source & docs etc) instead of the 2.6.31 versions. /usr/src/linux symlinks to linux-2.6.37-41 instead of to a directory for the running kernel!
(1) it should have loaded the packages corresponding to the running kernel
(2) it's not supposed to switch repositories
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Jun 14, 2011
I'd like to install the following plasmoid HDAPS monitor KDE-Look.org. For some reason it is no longer available for openSUSE.
how I should compile this and then install it.
EDIT: should have specified I'm using 11.4 and KDE4.6.3
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Jul 26, 2011
I am trying to compile & install vlc 1.1.11 under Lucid.
./configure completes without any errors but make prints
Code:
CC libvlccore_la-revision.lo
CCLD libvlccore.la
CC control/libvlc_la-core.lo
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Aug 1, 2011
I am gonna compile and install new kernel 3.0?
what is your suggestion?
shall i? on my duo Core? with 2.7 gb ram?
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May 2, 2011
I recently downloaded a tarball which contains a .src file for a program to convert .ttf fonts to .cxf fonts for use in Qcad drawings. how to compile and install this program in linuxmint 9 or ubuntu lucid. What I downloaded from the ribbonsoft.com website is a tarball called ttf2cxf-0.0.0.1-src.tar.gz. It contains a directory /ttf2cxf-0.0.0.1-src, which contains three files: main.cpp, Makefile, and ttf2cxf. I can post the contents of these files. This is not a high priority problem but i have been messing around with this for a while and have made no progress.
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May 13, 2010
i want to compile Moxa (5100) driver in Fedora 12 , kernel <= 2.6.30 but now when i run command i see this error :
Code:
ln: creating symbolic link `libssl.so': File exists
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE/build SUBDIRS=/home/AAA/moxa modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE'
CC [M] /home/AAA/moxa/npreal2.o
/home/AAA/moxa/npreal2.c: In function �npreal_open�:
/home/AAA/moxa/npreal2.c:1000: error: implicit declaration of function �task_session_nr
make[2]: *** [/home/AAA/moxa/npreal2.o] Error 1
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Jan 21, 2010
I would need to compile some old codes with g77 (unfortunately, they doesn't compile with gfortran). The gcc44-fortran is installed on my computer but if I have well understood, there is no g77 compiler in this package... Do you think I can install gcc33-fortran without creating conflicts between the 2 packages?
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Apr 14, 2011
our prof wants us to make some measurable changes in the kernel as a part of our assignment. I'm new to linux (started using linux only day b4 yest)... till now i've built a new kernel using cloneconfig and ended up with a rpm package (since i couldnt find any other option).and here's the prob
1. how to make changes in the kernel code?
2. do i have to create an rpm everytime after a change? (it jus takes too long )
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Dec 23, 2010
i know how to install software but i don't know
1: how to install library .a or .so files
i: how to install tar.gz i use the method like ./configure. make make install but most of the time i got the message nothing to make .in lots of tar.gz there is no installation document no make file no .configure file that make me quite confused how to install them or run them.now i got sample source code of cuda i got them in tar.gz form when i extract them i found a folder in folder i found folder like c ,doc,shared etc when i open each folder i found more folder n file like that src, doc common ,lib, in these folder i found source code file header files libraries file make files .i don't know how to run this kind of project can the be installed on the system .how to run them they don't have .run file or script they don't have configure file .how to compile them ,how to run them & how to install them
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Feb 10, 2011
I have a Rosewill b/g/n wireless USB adapter. I downloaded the source code of the linux driver from Rosewill website. How do I compile the code and then install the driver? I think that I can just type "make" to compile the code, but, how to install the driver after the compilation?
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Dec 25, 2010
Can anyone tell me what GNUSTep packages do i need to install to compile objective c code ?
Code:
gnustep-back.i686 0.18.0-4.fc14 fedora
gnustep-base.i686 1.20.1-2.fc14 fedora
gnustep-base-devel.i686 1.20.1-2.fc14 fedora
gnustep-base-doc.noarch 1.20.1-2.fc14 fedora
gnustep-examples.i686 1.3.0-3.fc14.1 updates
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Apr 15, 2010
I do not even know where to begin, and what logs / errors show: I am completely confused in the variables, etc.I can not install PAL Like all successful, and the program to compile, but I can not verify this.I tried premake and one Engine ODE - then I get an error segmentation, when you start paldemo.If I use cmake, then get this:
Code:
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[ 46%] Built target libpal
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Apr 11, 2011
The whole code is written in C, C++, and Fortran. Is it possible to make it to use more than 4GB memory. Now it is always crashed when it reaches 3GB memory. If it is possible, how to set up the compiling options (or configure flags)? We can use gcc, g++, ...or intel compilers our OS: Fedora 12 x32
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Mar 2, 2010
I can not install files RPM, says there is error in the request.
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Apr 17, 2011
I am trying to build the java gnome gtk+ bindings on open suse and ran into a snag. the libcairo2-dev package is not apart of pensuse - how ever it is apart of ubuntu and the debian launchpad. can i install other distros repos to solve this issue? actually no i cant. how to install this package? zypper install libcairo2-dev comes back as not found.
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Sep 21, 2010
I am going to compile and install my first linux application from the command line. The program is the port scanner program NMAP, and I am looking at the documentation to learn how to do it. I saw this thread [URL], and I just want to make sure I understand what it is I'm doing.
bzip2 -cd nmap-5.35DC1.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
cd nmap-5.35DC1
./configure
make
su root
make install
"bzip2 -cd nmap-5.35DC1.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -"
Here I am calling the bzip2 program to work with a specified file. look for the file nmap-5.35DC1.tar.bz2 in the current diretory (-cd) and to pipe (redirect) something, this is where I get lost, I think. And I know what x & v mean but not f, or what that has to do with the previous commands.
cd nmap-5.35DC1
Chage to the named directory.
./configure
I assume this is a command?
make
Builds an executable
su root
make install
not sure what the difference is between this and the above.
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Apr 5, 2011
How can I install or compile this driver in ubuntu kernel.
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Apr 11, 2011
I do have a broadband connection..and i can install using apt-get but problem is i want to distribute it to my friends at hostel where they dont have internet connection and when i try to install it from tar balls almost every packages having dependencies it require this require this and require this so i m not able to provide them the packages offline how do i know which are the dependencies and do i need to download all the related packages first in order to distribute to my friends? i want to know a way through which i download packages from internet and can give and install it on other pcs.
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Jul 23, 2011
I am having problem while compiling postfix 2.8.4 in Ubuntu 11.04. It gives me error as
gcc -Wmissing-prototypes -Wformat -DHAS_PCRE -g -O -I. -I../../
include -DLINUX2 -o sendmail sendmail.o ../../lib/libglobal.a ../../
lib/libutil.a -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lpcre -ldb
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Now after that when I type as
# postfix
It doesn't recognize postfix command.
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Aug 7, 2010
I just installed Slack 13.1 x64 on my laptop and set up multilib per Alien Bob's wiki. I even successfully compiled and installed grub afterwards. But, am having big problems trying to compile or install guarddog. On my 1st try, I downloaded guarddog from Slackbuilds and replaced the SlackBuild script with this one which is off a thread in this forum:
Code:
It **appears** to compile, but, no .tgz package is made. I have folders and files under /tmp/SBo.
So, then I went back to SlackBuilds and downloaded this, original, 12.2 SlackBuild file:
Code:
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Aug 1, 2009
Anyone know how to compile fedora core to be used as a thin client / dumb terminal with a small kernel?
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